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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - You're smart. This book can make you smarter.Mind Performance Hacks provides real-life tips and tools for overclocking your brain and becoming a better thinker. In the increasingly frenetic pace of today's information economy, managing your life requires hacking your brain. With this book, you'll cut through the clutter and tune up your brain intentionally, safely, and productively.Grounded in current research and theory, but offering practical solutions you can apply immediately, Mind Performance Hacks is filled with life hacks that teach you to:Use mnemonic tricks to remember numbers, names, dates, and other flotsam you need to recallPut down your calculator and perform complex math in your head, with your fingers, or on the back of a napkinSpark your creativity with innovative brainstorming methodsUse effective systems to capture new ideas before they get awayCommunicate in creative new ways-even using artificial languagesMake better decisions by foreseeing problems and finding surprising solutionsImprove your mental fitness with cool tricks and gamesWhile the hugely successful Mind Hacks showed you how your brain works, Mind Performance Hacks shows you how to make it work better.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Baseball Hacks is the best book ever written for understanding and practicing baseball analytics. A must-read for baseball professionals and enthusiasts alike.'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The total number of web pages today has been estimated at over 3 billion, spanning millions of individual websites. Not surprisingly, there is tremendous pressure on web developers and designers to remain current with the latest technologies.The Web Site Cookbook from O'Reilly covers all the essential skills that you need to create engaging, visitor-friendly websites. It helps you with the practical issues surrounding their inception, design, and maintenance. With recipes that teach both routine and advanced setup tasks, the book includes clear and professional instruction on a host of topics, including: registering domains ensuring that hostnames work managing the directory maintaining and troubleshooting a website site promotion visitor tracking implementing e-commerce systems linking with sales sitesThis handy guide also tackles the various elements of page design. It explains how to control a reader's eye flow, how to choose a template system, how to set up a color scheme, and more.Typical of O'Reilly's 'Cookbook' series, the Web Site Cookbook is written in a straightforward format, featuring recipes that contain problem statements and solutions. A detailed explanation then follows each recipe to show you how and why the solution works. This question-solution-discussion format is a proven teaching method, as any fan of the 'Cookbook' series can attest to.Regardless of your strong suit or your role in the creation and life of a website, you can benefit from the teachings found in the Web Site Cookbook. It's a must-have tool for advancing your skills and making better sites.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Are you still designing web sites like it's 1999 If so, you're in for a surprise. Since the last edition of this book appeared five years ago, there has been a major climate change with regard to web standards. Designers are no longer using (X)HTML as a design tool, but as a means of defining the meaning and structure of content. Cascading Style Sheets are no longer just something interesting to tinker with, but rather a reliable method for handling all matters of presentation, from fonts and colors to the layout of the entire page. In fact, following the standards is now a mandate of professional web design.Our popular reference, Web Design in a Nutshell, is one of the first books to capture this new web landscape with an edition that's been completely rewritten and expanded to reflect the state of the art. In addition to being an authoritative reference for (X)HTML and Cascading Style Sheets, this book also provides an overview of the unique requirements of designing for the Web and gets to the nitty-gritty of JavaScript and DOM Scripting, web graphics optimization, and multimedia production. It is an indispensable tool for web designers and developers of all levels.The third edition covers these contemporary web design topics:Structural layer: HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 (9 chapters), including an alphabetical reference of all elements, attributes and character entitiesPresentation layer: Ten all-new chapters on Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2.1, including an alphabetical reference of all properties and values.Behavior layer: JavaScript and scripting with the Document Object Model (DOM)Web environment: New web standards, browsers, display devices, accessibility, and internationalizationWeb graphics optimization: Producing lean and mean GIF, JPEG, PNG, and animated GIFsMultimedia: Web audio, video, Flash, and PDFOrganized so that readers can find answers quickly, Web Design in a Nutshell, Third Edition helps experienced designers come up to speed quickly on standards-based web design, and serves as a quick reference for those already familiar with the new standards and technology.There are many books for web designers, but none that address such a wide variety of topics. Find out why nearly half a million buyers have made this the most popular web design book available.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - SQL Server 2005, Microsoft's next-generation data management and analysis solution, represents a huge leap forward. It comes with a myriad of changes that deliver increased security, scalability, and power-making it the complete data package. Used properly, SQL Server 2005 can help organizations of all sizes meet their data challenges head on.Programming SQL Server 2005 from O'Reilly provides a practical look at this updated version of Microsoft's premier database product. It guides you through all the new features, explaining how they work and how to use them. The first half of the book examines the changes and new features of the SQL Server Engine itself. The second addresses the enhanced features and tools of the platform, including the new services blended into this popular version. Each chapter contains numerous code samples-written in C-sharp and compiled using the Visual Studio 2005 development environment-that show you exactly how to program SQL Server 2005.Programming SQL Server 2005 can help you: Build, deploy, and manage enterprise applications that are more secure, scalable, and reliable Maximize IT productivity by reducing the complexity of building, deploying, and managing database applications Share data across multiple platforms, applications, and devices to make it easier to connect internal and external systemsBecause the goal of Programming SQL Server 2005 is to introduce all facets of Programming SQL Server 2005, it's beneficial to programmers of all levels. The book can be used as a primer by developers with little or no experience with SQL Server, as a ramp up to the new programming models for SQL Server 2005 for more experienced programmers, or as background and primer to specific concepts.Any IT professional who wants to learn about SQL Server 2005's comprehensive feature set, interoperability with existing systems, and automation of routine tasks will find the answers in this authoritative guide.